An introduction to English church architecture from the eleventh to the sixteenth century (1913)
Bond, Francis, d. 1918 · London, New York, [etc] H. Milford, Oxford University Press · leaf 495
WALLS AND ARCHES 455 PART III. ARCADING Of the factors of mediaeval building construction the primum mobile was the arch ; Gothic is essentially an arcuated style. Arches separate nave from chancel and nave from aisle ; arches find their way into triforium and clerestory and window tracery, and… … ''• H- c- Beverley Minster : North Aisle of Nave of the beams in the arch-braced and hammer-beam, and even in the tie-beam roof. The next step was to convert the leading constructional factor into a leading decorative feature ; to convert a row of constructional arches, i.e., an arcade, carrying…
Church architecture · Cathedrals
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